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Freddy Leitner
7aa5dc46ee apm821xx: MBL: load kernel/dtb from SATA 0:1 first
This remedies an issue with the MBL Duo if both disks are inserted
and contain OpenWrt. kernel and dtb would be loaded from SATA 1:1
while rootfs (/dev/sda2) would be mounted on SATA 0:1.

Such a mix&match would obviously only work if both OpenWrt versions/
builds are identical, and especially fail after sysupgrade upgraded
the system disk on SATA 0:1.

The fallback to SATA 1:1 needs to be kept for MBL Single (only has
SATA 1:1) and MBL Duo with one disk inserted on SATA 1:1. To speed
up booting in those cases, the unneccesarily doubled "sata init"
will only be called once. (In theory it could be omitted completely
since the on-flash boot script already initializes SATA to load the
on-disk boot script.)

Tested on MBL Duo (all possible combination of disks) and MBL Single

Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Freddy Leitner <hello@square.wf>
2018-08-29 09:43:10 +02:00
Christian Lamparter
aed4799d6d apm821xx: build squashfs-rootfs images for the MBL
This patch adds support for squashfs as the root filesystem.

advantages:
 - migrate from a existing -ext4 installation and back
   with the sysupgrade utility
 - existing partition layout will not be lost during switch
 - slightly smaller image size as compared to the -ext4 image.

disadvantages:
 - needs f2fs + tools. This is because fstools rootdisk.c decides based
   on the partition size (currently root partitions > 100 MiB) f2fs is
   used as the rootfs_data filesystem.
 - rootfs_data is placed into the rootfs partition after the squashfs.
   This makes it difficult for tools that expect a /dev/sda${X} device.
   It also makes it difficult for data recovery tools as they might not
   expect to find a embedded partition or will be slightly confused.
   ... or will not support f2fs.

For people with existing build configurations: make sure to include mkf2fs
and f2fsck packages into the image. Otherwise the new -squashfs image will
only boot from the ram-overlay.

Note:
All overlay data (configurations/all installed packages/...) will be
placed in inside the rootfs partition (i.e. /dev/sda2) just after the
squashfs image.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
2018-07-30 08:11:56 +02:00
Christian Lamparter
dc7efaefb5 apm821xx: add support for the Western Digital MyBook Live Series
Hardware Highlights:

This patch adds support for Western Digital MyBook Live Series:
CPU: AMCC PowerPC  UNKNOWN (PVR=12c41c83) at 800 MHz (PLB=200, OPB=100, EBC=100 MHz)
     32 kB I-Cache 32 kB D-Cache, 256 kB L2-Cache, 32 kB OnChip Memory
Board: Apollo-3G - APM82181 Board, 1*SATA
DRAM:  256 MB (2x NT5TU64M16GG-AC)
FLASH: 512 kB (SST 39VF040)
Ethernet: 1xRGMII - 1 Gbit - Broadcom PHY BCM54610

WARNING: The serial port needs a TTL/RS-232 v3.3 level converter!

The MyBook Live Duo additionally features a 1x USB 2.0 host port
and can support a second hard-drive.

This target produces two images for a target.
 1. ext4 image
    The extracted/raw image can be directly installed on
    the internal HDD via "dd if=img.ext4 of=/dev/sdX".

    This can either be done in place with the stock MyBook Live
    firmware via ssh. Or by removing the HDD and writing the image
    with a different PC.

    The the compressed images are useful for sysupgrade.

 2. recovery.tar image for TFTP and Serial.

    extract the recovery.tar to a TFTP server directory.

    On the MyBook Live (Duo) serial port - Hit Enter during u-boot and insert:
    # setenv serverip 192.168.1.254; setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1; run net_self

    Where 192.168.1.254 is your TFTP server.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
2016-07-22 09:48:12 +02:00